Oposa vs. Factoran, Jr., 224 SCRA 792, July 30, 1993 Case Nature : SPECIAL CIVIL ACTION for certiorari of the dismissal order of the RTC of Makati, Br. 66. Division: EN BANC Docket Number: G.R. No. 101083 Ponente: DAVIDE, JR. Dispositive Portion: WHEREFORE, being impressed with merit, the instant Petition is hereby GRANTED, and the challenged Order of respondent Judge of 18 July 1991 dismissing Civil Case No. 90-777 is hereby set aside. The petitioners may therefore amend their complaint to implead as defendants the holders or grantees of the questioned timber license agreements. DOCTRINES: Petitioners instituted Civil Case No. 90-777 as a class suit. The original defendant and the present respondents did not take issue with this matter. Nevertheless, We hereby rule that the said civil case is indeed a class suit. The subject matter of the complaint is of common and general interest not just to several, but to all citizens of the Philippines. Consequently, since the parties are so num...
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